Aco Karamanov (; ; January 31, 1927 - October 7, 1944) was a poet and partisan. In North Macedonia he is considered a Macedonian, while in Bulgaria he is considered a Bulgarian.
Karamanov was born in
Radoviš
Radoviš ( ) is a city in the Southeastern statistical region, southeastern part of North Macedonia. It is the second largest city in the southeastern region. The city is the seat of Radoviš Municipality, which is spread on the bottom of Plač ...
, then in the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 to 1929, it was officially called the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, but the term "Yugoslavia" () has been its colloq ...
. Since the beginning of his education he exhibited affinity to writing. He started writing songs at the early age of 9 years. Between September 5, and October 7, 1944, Karamanov fought against the withdrawing Germans.
This talented writer lived for only 17 years, but his human messages written in poems are left to testify for the war. He is considered one of the founders of contemporary Macedonian literature. His poetry was originally written in Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian, and was translated into Macedonian after its codification in 1945. According to the Bulgarian literary critic and politician
Alexander Yordanov, part of the works of the poet, has not been translated into Macedonian, due to its
bulgarophile content.
The town of Radoviš holds each year in his honor a poetry festival "Aco Karamanov Poetry Meetings"
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References
External links
The great poem by Aco Karamanov
1927 births
1944 deaths
People from Radoviš
20th-century Macedonian poets
Bulgarian male poets
Yugoslav communists
Yugoslav Partisans members
20th-century poets
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